TY - CHAP
T1 - From Deconcentration to Devolution
T2 - Tracking the Historical Trajectory of Democratic Decentralization in Ghana
AU - Adjei, Prince Osei Wusu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This book addresses most of the questions on the nexus of democratic decentralization, local governance, and sustainable development with emphasis on Ghana’s past, present experiences and future expectations. The objective is to provide useful reference material for academic discussions, policy-making, and practices particularly in Africa and other developing countries. More specifically in this chapter, attempt is made by the author to answer two relevant questions. First, how is democratic decentralization conceptualized and operationalized? Second, how have Ghana’s decentralization and local governance reforms gravitated from deconcentration towards devolution (i.e. democratic decentralization) over time and across different political regimes? The chapter further examines some conceptual issues about decentralization and its links with sustainable local governance and development.
AB - This book addresses most of the questions on the nexus of democratic decentralization, local governance, and sustainable development with emphasis on Ghana’s past, present experiences and future expectations. The objective is to provide useful reference material for academic discussions, policy-making, and practices particularly in Africa and other developing countries. More specifically in this chapter, attempt is made by the author to answer two relevant questions. First, how is democratic decentralization conceptualized and operationalized? Second, how have Ghana’s decentralization and local governance reforms gravitated from deconcentration towards devolution (i.e. democratic decentralization) over time and across different political regimes? The chapter further examines some conceptual issues about decentralization and its links with sustainable local governance and development.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142416221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-12378-8_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-12378-8_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85142416221
T3 - Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
SP - 3
EP - 20
BT - Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
PB - Springer Nature
ER -